Reid Hoffman (Wikipedia)
Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn and a partner at Greylock, is worried that should Donald Trump be reelected, he himself would be just one of many people that the former president will go after, using the powers of the presidency to do so. Hoffman expressed his concerns about a possible Trump 2.0 in an interview with CNN’s Matt Egan.
“Of course I’m concerned,” Reid Hoffman said about that very possibility. “When you feel fear is the precise time that you should think about stepping up.”
Reid Hoffman also said that many people who oppose Donald Trump are “fearful about speaking out against this because they’re fearful of retaliation.”
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“If the only things about being pro-business are regulation and taxes, then you go, ‘Okay great, it’s whoever goes lower on regulation and lower on taxes,” he said. “But the rule of law is what has made America very special. It has made an environment for business that has been spectacular and a glowing beacon to the entire world.”
Reid Hoffman is also concerned about how a second Donald Trump Administration will harm America’s standing in the world saying, “It is the trust that other countries have in us in our system and how we interact, which allows our industries to export and allows the dollar to be the reserve world currency of the world. And that’s the reason why Biden is fundamentally, no matter what, more pro-business than Trump.”
“The rule of law is what has made America very special,” Hoffman said criticizing Donald Trump’s clear contempt for America’s system of checks and balances. “It has made an environment for business that has been spectacular and a glowing beacon to the entire world.”
Reid Hoffman is a prominent figure in the world of technology and business. LinkedIn is a widely used business-oriented social network that facilitates professional networking. Hoffman serves as the company’s executive chairman.
He’s a partner at Greylock Partners, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies [He’s also Chairman of Village Global, another venture capital firm.
Reid Hoffman joined Greylock in 2009 and focuses on early-stage investing in products that can reach hundreds of millions of participants. His unique understanding of consumer behavior and a clear-eyed ability to guide startups from inception through ramped-up “blitzscaling” has made him one of the most sought-after advisors, partners, and investors today. Reid was a board observer for Airbnb and currently serves as a board director for Aurora, Blockstream, Coda, Convoy, Entrepreneur First, Joby Aviation, Microsoft, Nauto, and a few early-stage companies still in stealth.
